Threat LevelCRITICAL72/1001 rule type
7 incidents on record · persistent 18-day campaign · last seen 1d ago
| PTR | N/A |
| Org / ASN | AS4134 CHINANET BACKBONE |
| Country | 🇨🇳 China |
| City | Hangzhou, Zhejiang |
| Timezone | Asia/Shanghai |
Botnet InfrastructureChinaNet (AS4134, China Telecom)
ChinaNet (AS4134) is one of the highest-volume attack-originating ASNs globally, consistently ranking in SANS/DShield top-10 attacker lists. Activity ranges from compromised consumer endpoints to dedicated scan infrastructure. SSH brute-force from this network targets common username dictionaries at scale — automated, persistent credential-harvesting botnet behavior.
Attack Analysis
Port 22 Honeypot Probe
This IP connected to a fake SSH honeypot — a port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server. This is an automated scanner fingerprinting targets before launching a brute-force campaign. Legitimate systems never probe port 22 without a specific reason; this activity is virtually 100% malicious.
Reports (7)
| Date | Severity | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Sep 2026 - 00:49 | high | IDS: Honeypot probe — port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server — Honeypot: probe to closed SSH port 22 |
| 27 Sep 2026 - 00:55 | high | IDS: Honeypot probe — port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server — Honeypot: probe to closed SSH port 22 |
| 23 Sep 2026 - 00:25 | high | IDS: Honeypot probe — port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server — Honeypot: probe to closed SSH port 22 |
| 22 Sep 2026 - 01:01 | high | IDS: Honeypot probe — port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server — Honeypot: probe to closed SSH port 22 |
| 20 Sep 2026 - 00:55 | high | IDS: Honeypot probe — port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server — Honeypot: probe to closed SSH port 22 |
| 10 Sep 2026 - 22:44 | high | IDS: Honeypot probe — port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server — Honeypot: probe to closed SSH port 22 |
| 10 Sep 2026 - 22:44 | high | IDS: Honeypot probe — port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server |
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